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Carolyn White
Country: United States
This company called my work (A R G & Ass)  while I was at lunch and spoke with my boss. They asked my boss how they would handle me being served at my work for court. My boss got all the information that the guy would give call back number, case number but would not leave a name. When I returned I was given the information and my boss stood by my desk while I called. The 1st person to answer said that the name of the company was A I G Assoc but then I was transfered to a man who stated the name of the company was Assets Relient, still not sure what their actual name is. Anyways the gentleman that I talked to asked me who I was and he stated that I use to be called by a differant last name and the one he told me was a name I have never had so I told him he must have the wrong person. Then he asked me if my last four of my social are  _ _ _ _ and i said yes then he stated then this is you. He told me I owed a debt on a car loan from 1999 that I am being sued in civil court on. I told him I had never had a car loan on 1999. Hw just kept arguing, I asked what the amount was he said 10,300.00 but he would settle today for 1,248.13. I told him I was not paying him anything because this was not me and he still continued to argue. I asked him to fax me something regarding this and I was told that he does not have to fax me anything that I know I owe this. These are scams people do not send them anything. I tols this man that he was on speaker phone and my boss was listening to everything and he hung up. A real debt collector will want to give you information on the item being collected for. DO NOT SEND THIS COMPANY MONEY. Anyone who has contact with these people need to report them.

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    pzzytat
    The message left on my voicemail was so faint, that the only thing I heard was that I needed to call before 6pm, and something about my "legal representative." When I look the number up on Google, I get the same run around I get when I search other callers from my area code with no Caller ID...no identifying company, but you can gladly pay some entity to give you the caller's info. BS!!!
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    David
    I just got the same phone message, the last name was different than mine.  I needed to call before 6:00 with legal representation.
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    who cares pay your debt
    | 1 reply
    who cares if it is pas statute of limitations..if you know you did it...than get it taken care of and move on. its money that you stoled since yall didnt pay it back!
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      “Pas”, “stoled”, learn to spell moron before you talk about something you have no knowledge of.
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    suzie
    scam scam scam fdcpa non compliant and cfpb violators just idiots have them on recording and my voicemail with minimum 21 violations and now have their location from gps on phone call ha dumb dumb collectors who think working on commissions for payday loans is lucrative til the cfpb and fdcpa catches up they will make lots of money til then....good luck with that
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    Here we go again
    I have never received a letter or collection notice from this company.... but yet they call my work today.  I haven't had an un paid bill in over  five years so this is some "old" outdated bill that is not due to them which I filed BK on in 2003.  Called ID Blocked, great script.  Will call FTC.  Have re-affirmed with other past creditors.  SCAM.
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    Confused in Ga
    | 3 replies
    I received a call from them about an old credit card from 2008 (?). I too requested documentation that I have yet to receive. I have given both a valid email address and mailing address. Still nothing. I do believe it's a scam too.
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      tj replies to Confused in Ga
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      They will probably try to pass off some emailed "settlement letter" as a substitute for any "proof" of this alleged "credit card debt".  That's common with these scams.  The "settlement" email will probably contain no real information, or might just refer to some old account found on your own credit report.

      Any legitimate collection agency wouldn't be playing these shakedown games.  Furthermore, they would comply with FDCPA by sending a "g" letter by US Mail notifying you of the alleged debt, and of your right to dispute it and request proof you owe it.

      The fakes don't send these letters, prefering the safety of hiding behind email.
      Last thing they want is for you to know their address, since if too many fraud complaints start showing up with FTC, they might get raided like the Corona Scam and the Thai Han cluster.  The names being used by this one suggest they have some connection to one or the other of these scams already raided by FTC, maybe another spin-off by their out of work ex-employees.

      Contact FTC if you have further problems.  They know this game, and have been really active in the last couple years, shutting down several clusters.
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        tj replies to tj
        | 1 reply
        Any phone numbers?
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          Roger replies to tj
          They calle my wife from 775 636 8087
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    Betty
    | 1 reply
    I received a call today about a paper in their position of a debt I may not be awAre of. And for me or my legal representative to call by 6. I'm thinking scam. Usually a solicitor will send letter.
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      Itsdivah replies to Betty
      Thats EXACTLY what they just said 2me.... hahahahahaaaaaaaaa my husband is a lawyer so ill pass it right along. The NERVE of these folks.smh Anyway, dnt give them any information on you.
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    Itsdivah
    This is great info. They just called me when i refused to verify my SS#. The lady hung up on me b4 i can part my lips. These are scams do NOT give them anything. I know damn well i dnt owe any1 anything, and if i did it should be billed to me. DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY MONEY OR INFORMATION. Know your rights!!! (but if you owe,do the right thing and pay).Good Luck
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    bonnie
    I received a message today from ARG and they were trying to find me but did  not say why and if they didn't they were going to get a hold of my work or family member. After work I called them but no answer so I left message saying I need to know what this is about and that they did find me they had my number?   I guess I will try again tomorrow and wait. ugh Why don't they leave an account number? or company? very confused at this point UGH .
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    Lucy
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    David from ARG called my home from a 386 area code number 2x. The first time the answering machine picked up I heard Hello. minute later Hello. Then the second call a minute later he left a message for me and told me to call him at 844-814-1807 and ask for Civil Claims Division. I don't know who this is or why they called. Has anyone else had the same happen to them?
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      So far.. replies to Lucy
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      It's following the usual pattern for "shakedown debt collection".  The first call is designed to invoke panic by pretending they are "suing", often pretending to be a "process server", or maybe an "investigator".  The goal is to panic the target into paying without providing any proof the money is owed.
      Language is typically ambiguous but leading, such as "civil claims", which is meant to sound like there's a "lawsuit" being filed. Another favorite weasel word is "arbitration", like you're "voluntarily agreeing" to pay them money in a "settlement", again without any proof you owe them.
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        FDCPA violations from the first words. replies to So far..
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        FDCPA prohibits abusive, harassing, or deceptive collection.  It also requires debt collectors to send a letter ("g" letter) within 5 days of first contact, notifying you of the alleged debt, and of your right to dispute and request verification (proof you owe it).  These scams turn the law on it's head, abuse, threaten, harass, and deceive, fail to send the "g" letter while saying they "sent it 45 days ago", evade sending documented verification by mail while maybe sending a "settlement offer" to deceive the gullible, and even avoid disclosing their mailing address to evade attempts to send disputes or locate them to sue them.
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          Note from the above complaints.. replies to FDCPA violations from the first words.
          the reliance on harassment and threats to embarrass by contacting family or workplace.  This is basically a phone extortion racket.
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    Randall Shaw
    Ha Ha Ha. These idiots called me today and so I put them on a call looped and randomly called them over 10000 times today. I called their stupid [***] so much it says it is disconnected 18773056975 try it's funny as hell
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    tired of all this
    This company called me twice yesterday and left voice mails.  Today they called my employer.  When asked to send proof of debt, they said they don't have to send anything, except a deputy to my work to serve me with papers or maybe to even arrest me.
    First of all, the law says they have to give me proof of the debt in writing.  Secondly, they do not have a right to discuss anything about the debt with my employer or anyone else.  Finally, This is America, and there is no debtors prison.  You cannot be arrested for owing debts.
    This is a scam.  they tried the same thing last year.  Despite numerous requests that they not contact me until ready to give me proof of the debt, they continued to do so.  i finally told them I would not pay anything and they threatened to send a deputy and I told them to go ahead.  Never heard from them again.
    DO NOT SEND THEM MONEY!!!!!

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